The Ohio River Trade, 1788-1830

About This Book

The Ohio River Trade 1788-1830 is a thesis submitted by Hazel Yearsley Shaw in the University of Illinois. Shaw discussed the development of river towns and their increased importance when the river trade became an ever-growing object of importance.Contents of the book Ohio River1788-1811-Boats and Boatmen.Articles of traffic and places With Which trade was carriedEmigration. Growth of the River TownsThe Ohio River 1811-1830-The Coming of the Steam-BoatOther craft of the periodArticles of traffic, and places with which trade was carried onEmigration. Growth of the River Towns